Executed in Los Angeles, CA on July 7, 2002.

Stipulates that assets be placed in family trust and that his mother Katherine, or Diana Ross if his mother was unable or unwilling, be appointed guardian of his three children.

Lists three executors: lawyer John Branca, music industry executive John McClain.and Barry Siege.

Sole beneficiary Michael Jackson Family Trust.

Beneficiaries of the Michael Jackson Family Trust appear limited to his children and mother. Six other relatives, including brother Tito’s three sons, who are named as “contingent remainder beneficiaries,” would have been beneficiaries if his children and mother were not alive at time of MJ’s death.

In response, Mutual filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming it has the right use the phrase in advertisements as a result of its submission of a federal trademark application in February and Oraph’s prior failure to police use of the phrase.   The company claims its “research to obtain its federal trademark uncovered no competing federally registered trademarks, and the trademark application received no opposition.”  Yet, Chicagoan Richard Roeper’s research revealed hundreds of examples in which the phrase has been used in pop culture.

While the insurance company’s campaign defines the aha moment as “those amazing, uplifting, inspirational moments that changed [people’s] lives,” what’s most interesting is how scientists have discovered what scientists have discovered about such moments.

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President Obama shared some of the principles he will follow in selecting someone to replace Justice Souter:

“I will seek someone who understands that justice isn’t about some abstract legal theory or footnote in a case book.  It is also about how our laws affect the daily realities of people’s lives — whether they can make a living and care for their families; whether they feel safe in their homes and welcome in their own nation.

I view that quality of empathy, of understanding and identifying with people’s hopes and struggles as an essential ingredient for arriving as just decisions and outcomes.”

He continued:

“I will seek somebody who is dedicated to the rule of law, who honors our constitutional traditions, who respects the integrity of the judicial process and the appropriate limits of the judicial role.

I will seek somebody who shares my respect for constitutional values on which this nation was founded, and who brings a thoughtful understanding of how to apply them in our time.”

The two parts of this statement might strike many as inconsistent.  One may feel there are situations in which the rules established by law may not always facilitate the hopes and struggles of all people– that often parties in court are confronting a law or legal principle that benefits one parties hopes to the detriment to the others.  What is consistent with what most believe to be Constitutional principles is that the judicial branch interpret the intent of the legislative branch and the founders, not the hopes of the parties before the bench.  It sounds as though the President’s description better suits the conception of a good legislator rather than one charged with applying the law.

The full text of the memos below the following excerpts.

Walling

“A flexible false wall will be constructed. The individual is placed with his heels touching the wall: The interrogator pulls the individual forward and then quickly and firmly pushes the individual into the wall. It is the individual’s shoulder blades that hit the wall. During this motion, the head and neck are supported with a rolled hood or towel that provides a c-collar effect to help prevent whiplash…

You have orally informed us that the false wall is in part constructed to create a loud sound when the individual hits it, which will further shock or surprise the individual. In part, the idea is to create a sound that will make the impact seem far worse than it is and that will be far worse than any injury that might result from the action.”

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Key Findings

Rightwing extremists may be gaining new recruits by playing on their fears about several emergent issues. The economic downturn and the election of the first African American president present unique drivers for rightwing radicalization and recruitment.

The current economic and political climate has some similarities to the 1990s when rightwing extremism experienced a resurgence fueled largely by an economic recession, criticism about the outsourcing of jobs, and the perceived threat to U.S. power and sovereignty by other foreign powers.

The possible passage of new restrictions on firearms and the return of military veterans facing significant challenges reintegrating into their communities could lead to the potential emergence of terrorist groups or lone wolf extremists capable of carrying out violent attacks.

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Without reasonable suspicion of abuse or neglect, the state of California can’t terminate her parental rights, remove her children, or charge her with a crime. Being a welfare recipient, lacking financial resources, and being “crazy” do not constitute child abuse.

Child welfare and parenting law strongly favors children remaining with biological parents unless there is inadequate food, clothing, shelter, medical care, or supervision. The existence of any one of these conditions could constitute neglect. And if there is repeated neglect resulting in injury or harm to children, you would have a case of child abuse, punishable by jail and resulting in temporary or permanent removal of the children from the household.

Although Octomom had no resources when the octuplets were born (which predisposes the possibility of neglect), her circumstances have changed since her story has attracted a national spotlight. She probably already has generated enough money from book deals, interviews, and television appearances to provide the minimal support required by law. If she hires child caretakers, nurses, home health aids to help care for the babies (as no single mother on the planet can do it alone), the law will favor her remaining as their legal parent and guardian. There will be absolutely no legal cause to place her children in foster care or force her into a courtroom to defend criminal charges.

The law only requires that you be an adequate parent. It doesn’t require you to be a good parent, to be regarded as a successful parent, or to provide a preferred standard of living or “functional” home. As long as your children receive the minimum standard of care for that establishes their health and safety, you are safe from government interference in your parenting.

If the Octomom adequately nourishes and nurtures all of her 14 children, she is guilty of no crime and cannot be prosecuted. The only thing she may be guilty of is being a selfish and reckless parent.

A cigarette sponsorship would come none to soon.  Contrite pot smoking swimmer Michael Phelps was dropped by Kellogg’s Corn Flakes boxes, lost his US Swimming sponsorship, and may be subject to arrest in South Carolina.

(See more of Cathleen M. Rittereiser’s comic depression era captions on USLaw.com’s Bailout Report.)

• Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg of DreamWorks along with their Wunderkinder Foundation and their financial adviser Gerald Breslauer.
• Eric Roth, who wrote the screenplay for “Forrest Gump” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” lost all of his retirement money.
• Mort Zuckerman, owner of the New York Daily News and U.S. News & World Report, had one of his charities fully invested in a fund that was fully invested in Madoff’s schemes.
• Palm Beach Country Club along with Country Club social networks in Dallas, Chicago, Boston and Minneapolis.
• Kevin Bacon and his actress wife Kyra Sedgwick, who may have lost millions.
• Former Philadelphia Eagles owner Norman Braman.
• Elie Wiesel’s Foundation For Humanity. Lost $37 million.
• Wilpon Family and Saul Katz, owners of the New York Mets .
• The late musical philanthropist Avery Fisher and former television host and 1971 Miss America Phyllis George.
• New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg.
• Actpr John Malkovich.
• Artist and author Alexandra Penney lost bulk of her life savings.
• Arpad Busson, Uma Thurman’s billionaire fiance.
• Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax.
• Talk show host Larry King.

A complete searchable database along with addresses and graphical mapping has been available by USLaw.com at Madoff Database.

Meanwhile, though a positive drug test could derail the Olympian’s eligibility to add to his 14 Olympic medal count for the USA, an admission of using cocaine and a present day tobacco smoking habit didn’t prevent the other USA golden boy Barack Obama from taking the oath of office as US President.